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Season 33

Quick Recap & Today’s Final Jeopardy – April 12, 2017

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Current Champion

Matthew Riggle, career statistics:
47 correct, 6 incorrect
1/1 on rebound attempts (on 4 rebound opportunities)
41.23% in first on buzzer (47/114)
3/3 on Daily Doubles (Net Earned: $7,600)
1/2 in Final Jeopardy
Average Coryat: $21,300

To win:
3 games: 68.027%
4: 46.277%
5: 31.481%
6: 21.415%
7: 14.568%
Avg. streak: 4.128 games.
(Next game: September 14)
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All Time Winnings

All Time Jeopardy! Winnings, Regular Play Only:

1. Ken Jennings $2,520,700
2. James Holzhauer $2,462,216
3. Matt Amodio $1,518,601
4. Amy Schneider $1,382,800
5. Jamie Ding $882,605
6. Cris Pannullo $748,286
7. Mattea Roach $560,983
8. Jason Zuffranieri $532,496
9. Scott Riccardi $455,000
10. David Madden $430,400
11. Julia Collins $428,100
12. Matt Jackson $411,612
13. Austin Rogers $411,000
14. Ray Lalonde $386,400
15. Harrison Whitaker $373,999
16. Adriana Harmeyer $349,600
17. Caleb Groen $346,968
18. Adam Remsen $306,415
19. Ryan Long $299,400
20. Arthur Chu $297,200

All Time Jeopardy! Winnings, Including Tournaments (and Consolation Prizes):

1. Brad Rutter $4,968,436
2. Ken Jennings $4,372,700
3. James Holzhauer $3,614,216
4. Matt Amodio $1,964,601
5. Amy Schneider $1,864,800
6. Yogesh Raut $1,098,403
7. Mattea Roach $897,983
8. Jamie Ding $885,605
9. David Madden $785,733
10. Victoria Groce $773,801
11. Cris Pannullo $754,286
12. Roger Craig $706,200
13. Larissa Kelly $671,930
14. Matt Jackson $623,612
15. Jason Zuffranieri $549,496
16. Andrew He $534,365
17. Scott Riccardi $533,000
18. Jerome Vered $499,102
19. Julia Collins $495,767
20. Austin Rogers $493,000
21. Ben Ingram $449,201
22. Paolo Pasco $448,717
23. Adriana Harmeyer $446,600
24. Buzzy Cohen $441,603
25. Juveria Zaheer $441,000

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Here’s today’s Final Jeopardy answer and question for Wednesday, April 12, 2017:

Final Jeopardy! category: SCARY MOVIES

Final Jeopardy! clue/answer: A remake of this scary movie was released on 6/6/2006, 30 years to the day after the release of the original

(correct response beneath the contestants)

Today’s contestants:

Jane Joseph, a bond analyst from Wilmington, Delaware

Trevor Mahoney, an actuary from Louisville, Kentucky

Greg Chin, a direct service provider from New York, New York (2-day total: $37,599)

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A win today puts Greg onto our ToC Tracker page. The page now contains a graphic of the day-by-day changes in the qualification chances of the players on the ToC bubble!

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The Richard Donner-directed film The Omen starred Gregory Peck and opened in the UK on June 6, 1976. 30 years later, the remake starring Julia Stiles, directed by John Moore, opened.

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  • Scores going into Final:
    Greg $14,400
    Jane $8,800
    Trevor $8,600

    Final results:
    Trevor $8,600 – $2,600 = $6,000 (What is the Exorcist?)
    Jane $8,800 + $8,602 = $17,402 (1-day total: $17,402)
    Greg $14,400 – $3,201 = $11,199 (What is the Texas Chainsaw Massacre?)

    Scores after the Jeopardy! Round:
    Trevor $3,000
    Jane $2,400
    Greg $1,000

    Opening break taken after: 15 clues

    Daily Double locations:
    1) HOW DO YOU… $600 (5th pick)
    Greg 1000 -1000 (Jane 800 Trevor 200)

    2) SHAKESPEARE IS KILLING ME $1200 (3rd pick)
    Jane 4000 +2000 (Trevor 4200 Greg -600)
    3) WE SALUTE YOU $1600 (24th pick, $6,000 left on board)
    Greg 10200 +1000 (Jane 8800 Trevor 7800)

    Unplayed clues:
    J! round: HAPPY 70th, DAVID LETTERMAN $200 & $1000
    DJ! round: None!
    $ Left on Board: $1200

    Game Stats:
    Jane $8,000 Coryat, 9 correct, 1 incorrect, 12.73% in first on buzzer
    Greg $16,000 Coryat, 20 correct, 4 incorrect, 38.18% in first on buzzer
    Trevor $8,600 Coryat, 18 correct, 3 incorrect, 36.36% in first on buzzer
    Lach Trash: $12,200 (on 10 Triple Stumpers)
    Coryat lost to incorrect responses (less double-correct responses): $8,000

    Greg Chin, final stats:
    63 correct
    13 incorrect
    1/2 on Daily Doubles (Net Earned: $0)
    1/3 in Final Jeopardy
    42.59% in first on buzzer (69/162)
    Average Coryat: $15,666

    Jane Joseph, stats to date:
    10 correct
    1 incorrect
    1/1 on Daily Doubles (Net Earned: $2,000)
    1/1 in Final Jeopardy
    12.73% in first on buzzer (7/55)
    Average Coryat: $8,000

    Jane Joseph, to win:
    2 games: 26.64%
    3: 7.10%
    4: 1.89%
    5: 0.50%
    6: 0.13%
    Avg. streak: 1.363 games.
    Avg. Total Winnings (including possible ToC): $26,385

    ToC projection update:
    With a projected 87 regular-play games to go prior to the Tournament of Champions cutoff, after 250,000 simulations, our model shows:
    An average of 3.1894 5+-time champions (standard deviation 1.3852).
    An average of 4.9218 4+-time champions (standard deviation 1.6905).

    An early cutoff took place 16.816% of the time (or a 5-game winner will be left out).

    Tim Kutz qualified 57.766% of the time.
    Todd Giese qualified 18.535% of the time.
    Rob Liguori qualified 3.891% of the time.
    Fred Vaughn qualified 0.745% of the time.

    (Note: Due to the possibility of a WGA strike, I feel that it is more accurate for ToC projections to add 20 games to the end of the previous projected qualifying period.)

    Miscellany:

    • Thank you to Jay Johnson for providing me with a full chart of this game.
    • Over the final 21 clues of Double Jeopardy, Greg got 12 of them correct, Trevor 5, Jane 0.
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